Button



F. E. WILLIAMS.

, BUTTON.

.No.-450,2'73. Patented Apr. 14, 1891.

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FRANK E. \VILLIAMS, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HORTON, ANGELL & 00., OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,273, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed July 23, 1890. Serial No. 359,593. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WILLIAMS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons and Studs; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention consists in a button or stud having a curved arm attached to the head of the article and having a second bent arm mounted to slide on the first, as hereinafter set forth.

It also consists in certain features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows, on an enlarged scale, a side view of a shirt button or stud embodying the invention. Fig. 2 represents a view of the same at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a similar View with a portion of the bent arm in section. Fig. 4: represents a side view with the bent arm partially in section and moved to a position for the article to be applied or removed. Fig. 5 represents in perspective a sleeve-button embodying the invention.

A is the head of the button or stud, which may be of any preferred form or design.

B is the curved arm,which is secured at its upper end to the head A, and may be circular, oval, triangular, or rectangular in cross-section. As shown in the drawings, the arm B is curved in the arc of a circle, and upon it a second bent arm 0 is mounted to slide, the said arm 0 being composed of a portion 0 and a portion 0' projecting laterally therefrom. The portion 0 of the arm 0 is furnished with a duct or channel 0 through which the arm B passes, so that the arm 0 can slide on the arm B from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. at.

In order to prevent the arm 0 from passing off the arm B, any suitable form of stops may be employed, as a stop (I on the arm B, which will engage a stop or shoulder d on the arm 0, as shown in Fig. 4, when the arm 0 is slid to the free end of the arm B.

The arm C may fit the arm B sufficiently tight to retain it in a closed position (shown in Fig. 1) against any accidental movement; but I prefer that the arm C shall slide easily on the arm B, and that suitable means be employed for locking the arm 0 in a closed positionas, for instance, a tooth or shoulder e on the arm 0, which engages a shoulder c on the arm B, as shown in Fig. 3, the portion 0 of the arm 0 being bifurcated or splitby a slot 6 Fig. 2, to enable the tooth or shoulder e to pass over the shoulder 6 when the arm 0 is slid.

In order that the arm 0 may be closed automatically when the stud or button is being applied, the said arm is preferably furnished with a flange or projection g, so that when the arm has beenpassed through the eyelet or button-holes and pressure is applied to the head A the engagement of the flange or projection g With the bosom or cuff will cause the arm 0 to slide on the arm B, (or the arm B through the arm 0,) as will be readily understood.

To apply the stud or button, the arm C is moved to the position shown in Fig. 4, and is passed through the eyelet or button-holes until the flange g engages the bosom or cuff, when pressure applied to the head A will move the arm into the closed position shown in Figs 1, 2, and 3, the tooth e and shoulder 6 locking the arm in such position. By a strong pull on the head A the arm 0 will be slid to the position shown in Fig. 4, when the stud or button may be removed.

My improved button or stud is simple and inexpensive in construction and effective in action.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the button or stud head, of a curved arm B, secured thereto, a bent arm 0, mounted to slide on the arm B and having a flange or projection g, stops on the arms to prevent them from being separated, and a lock or catch for holding the arm 0 in a closed position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the button or stud head, of a curved arm B, secured thereto, a bent arm O, mounted to slide on the arm B and having its portion 1: bifurcated and furnished with a flange O1. projection g and stops mounted to slide on the said curved arm or 1 post and having a flange above iLs ioweropen en d, said flange being adapted to operate said bent arm, substantially as described.

FRANK E. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

iEDsON SALISBURY JONES, HENRY J. STAPELTON. 

